Package: ttf-kochi-mincho Version: 1.0.20030809-3 Severity: normal
While trying to input the Japanese word tsumetai, I found that the kanji for the "tsume" part doesn't look the same as in my (paper) japanese lessons in several Japanese fonts including ttf-kochi-mincho. I found at least one font set that displays it the same: the fonts in the ttf-mikachan package (also maintained by GOTO Masanori, that's why I chose ttf-kochi-mincho for my bug report). To find the character, for example, use the program gucharmap, and search for "U+51B7" or input the kanji, then compare the display of the selected glyph using the font Kochi Mincho then the font Mikachan. To have a detailed look at it, use the program fontforge with /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi/kochi-mincho.ttf and with /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mikachan/mikachan.ttf, browse (View/Goto) to U+51B7, and look at the two different truetype drawings. References to what should be the official glyph: http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=51B7 http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U4E00.pdf A link here with a movie showing somebody actually drawing it: http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/ji/kuten/4668.html A link here giving some doubts (because it shows the two kinds of picture for the glyph, maybe the 1st picture was autogenerated from a wrong font?): http://www.yamasa.cc/members%5Cocjs%5Ckanjidic.nsf/SortedByKanji2/%E5%86%B7?OpenDocument My Japanese knowledge is very limited, but I didn't find hints that the two pictures are to be considered equivalent nor that this issue has been known anywhere. If there is an explaination why they would be equivalent, please let me know and close the bug. Adel BELHOUANE. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages ttf-kochi-mincho depends on: ii defoma 0.11.8-0.1 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f ii xutils 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 X Window System utility programs -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
